Schizophrenia is a complicated mental condition that has an impact on a
person's thoughts, feelings, actions, and interactions with other people. This study is
using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) theory, published
by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). As felt by the main character in the
movie who has schizophrenia symptoms and factors that cause the main character in
the movie. This study aims to determine Curtis’ schizophrenia, as well as having
schizophrenia using The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM).
This study used a descriptive qualitative method. There were two types of data
used in this study, primary data and secondary data. Primary data were obtained from
the movie Take Shelter (2011), and secondary data were obtained from books, e-
journals, and articles related to schizophrenia. Several steps were taken to obtain data,
such as watching the movie, reading the movie script, identifying data, classifying data,
and reducing data.
The results of this study highlight two points: first, the symptoms of
schizophrenia were delusions, hallucinations were divided into two parts auditory
hallucination and visual hallucination, unorganized of thinking, unordinary behavior,
and negative symptoms such as reduced emotional expressiveness. Secondly, the
factors that cause schizophrenia were genetic and environmental risks.
Keywords: Schizophrenia, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Theory, Take Shelter movie.